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§10554. Definitions — Inbound Citations

34 U.S.C. § 10554

Cited by 35 provisions in release 119-102.

Citations to 34 U.S.C. § 10554 as a whole

Citations to §10554(1)

Citations to §10554(2)

  • 34 U.S.C. § 10551(b)
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    (b) Grants awarded under this section shall be distributed directly to the State, unit of local government, or Indian tribe, and shall be used to improve security at schools and on school grounds in the jurisdiction of the grantee through evidence-based school safety programs that may include one or more of the following:
    (1) Training school personnel and students to prevent student violence against others and self.
    (2) The development and operation of anonymous reporting systems for threats of school violence, including mobile telephone applications, hotlines, and Internet websites.
    (3) The development and operation of—
    (A) school threat assessment and intervention teams that may include coordination with law enforcement agencies and school personnel; and
    (B) specialized training for school officials in responding to mental health crises.
    (4) Any other measure that, in the determination of the BJA Director, may provide a significant improvement in training, threat assessments and reporting, and violence prevention.
    (5) Coordination with local law enforcement.
    (6) Training for local law enforcement officers to prevent student violence against others and self.
    (7) Placement and use of metal detectors, locks, lighting, and other deterrent measures.
    (8) Acquisition and installation of technology for expedited notification of local law enforcement during an emergency.
    (9) Any other measure that, in the determination of the COPS Director, may provide a significant improvement in security.
  • 34 U.S.C. § 10551(c)
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    (c) A State, unit of local government, or Indian tribe may, in using a grant under this subchapter for purposes authorized under subsection (b), use the grant to contract with or make 1 or more subawards to 1 or more—
    (1) local educational agencies;
    (2) nonprofit organizations, excluding schools; or
    (3) units of local government or tribal organizations.
  • 34 U.S.C. § 10552(a)
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    (a) To request a grant under this subchapter, the chief executive of a State, unit of local government, or Indian tribe shall submit an application to the COPS Director or the BJA Director, as the case may be, at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such information as the COPS Director or the BJA Director may require. Each application shall—
    (1) include a detailed explanation of—
    (A) the intended uses of funds provided under the grant; and
    (B) how the activities funded under the grant will meet the purpose of this subchapter;
    (2) be accompanied by an assurance that the application was prepared after consultation with individuals not limited to law enforcement officers (such as school violence researchers, licensed mental health professionals, social workers, teachers, principals, and other school personnel) to ensure that the improvements to be funded under the grant are—
    (A) consistent with a comprehensive approach to preventing school violence; and
    (B) individualized to the needs of each school at which those improvements are to be made;
    (3) include an assurance that the applicant shall maintain and report such data, records, and information (programmatic and financial) as the COPS Director or the BJA Director may reasonably require;
    (4) include a certification, made in a form acceptable to the COPS Director or the BJA Director, as the case may be, that—
    (A) the programs to be funded by the grant meet all the requirements of this subchapter;
    (B) all the information contained in the application is correct; and
    (C) the applicant will comply with all provisions of this subchapter and all other applicable Federal laws.
  • 34 U.S.C. § 10562
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    To request a grant under this subchapter, a State or unit of local government shall submit to the Attorney General—
  • 34 U.S.C. § 10562(1)
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    (1) a certification that the State or unit of local government has developed a plan for forensic science laboratories under a program described in section 10564(a) of this title, and a specific description of the manner in which the grant will be used to carry out that plan;
  • 34 U.S.C. § 10562(2)
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    (2) a certification that any forensic science laboratory system, medical examiner’s office, or coroner’s office in the State, including any laboratory operated by a unit of local government within the State, that will receive any portion of the grant amount uses generally accepted laboratory practices and procedures, established by accrediting organizations or appropriate certifying bodies and, except with regard to any medical examiner’s office, or coroner’s office in the State, is accredited by an accrediting body that is a signatory to an internationally recognized arrangement and that offers accreditation to forensic science conformity assessment bodies using an accreditation standard that is recognized by that internationally recognized arrangement, or attests, in a manner that is legally binding and enforceable, to use a portion of the grant amount to prepare and apply for such accreditation not more than 2 years after the date on which a grant is awarded under section 10561 of this title;
  • 34 U.S.C. § 10564(a)
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    (a) A State or unit of local government that receives a grant under this subchapter shall use the grant to do any one or more of the following:
    (1) To carry out all or a substantial part of a program intended to improve the quality and timeliness of forensic science or medical examiner services in the State, including such services provided by the laboratories operated by the State and those operated by units of local government within the State.
    (2) To eliminate a backlog in the analysis of forensic science evidence, including firearms examination, latent prints, impression evidence, toxicology, digital evidence, fire evidence, controlled substances, forensic pathology, questionable documents, and trace evidence.
    (3) To train, assist, and employ forensic laboratory personnel and medicolegal death investigators, as needed, to eliminate such a backlog.
    (4) To address emerging forensic science issues (such as statistics, contextual bias, and uncertainty of measurement) and emerging forensic science technology (such as high throughput automation, statistical software, and new types of instrumentation).
    (5) To educate and train forensic pathologists.
    (6) To fund medicolegal death investigation systems to facilitate accreditation of medical examiner and coroner offices and certification of medicolegal death investigators.
  • 34 U.S.C. § 10565(b)(1)
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    (1) Each State, or unit of local government within the State, that receives a grant under this subchapter shall maintain such records as the Attorney General may require to facilitate an effective audit relating to the receipt of the grant, or the use of the grant amount.
  • 34 U.S.C. § 10565(b)(2)
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    (2) The Attorney General and the Comptroller General of the United States, or a designee thereof, shall have access, for the purpose of audit and examination, to any book, document, or record of a State, or unit of local government within the State, that receives a grant under this subchapter, if, in the determination of the Attorney General, Comptroller General, or designee thereof, the book, document, or record is related to the receipt of the grant, or the use of the grant amount.
  • 34 U.S.C. § 10566(a)
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    (a) For each fiscal year for which a grant is awarded under this subchapter, each State or unit of local government that receives such a grant shall submit to the Attorney General a report, at such time and in such manner as the Attorney General may reasonably require, which report shall include—
    (1) a summary and assessment of the program carried out with the grant, which shall include a comparison of pre-grant and post-grant forensic science capabilities;
    (2) the average number of days between submission of a sample to a forensic science laboratory or forensic science laboratory system in that State operated by the State or by a unit of local government and the delivery of test results to the requesting office or agency;
    (3) an identification of the number and type of cases currently accepted by the laboratory;
    (4) the progress of any unaccredited forensic science service provider receiving grant funds toward obtaining accreditation; and
    (5) such other information as the Attorney General may require.
  • 34 U.S.C. § 10566(a)(2)
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    (2) the average number of days between submission of a sample to a forensic science laboratory or forensic science laboratory system in that State operated by the State or by a unit of local government and the delivery of test results to the requesting office or agency;

Citations to §10554(3)

  • 34 U.S.C. § 10551(a)(1)
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    (1) The Director of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (referred to in this subchapter as the “COPS Director”) is authorized to make grants to States, units of local government, and Indian tribes for the purposes described in paragraphs (5) through (9) of subsection (b).
  • 34 U.S.C. § 10551(a)(2)
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    (2) The Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance (referred to in this subchapter as the “BJA Director”) is authorized to make grants to States, units of local government, and Indian tribes for the purposes described in paragraphs (1) through (4) of subsection (b).
  • 34 U.S.C. § 10551(b)
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    (b) Grants awarded under this section shall be distributed directly to the State, unit of local government, or Indian tribe, and shall be used to improve security at schools and on school grounds in the jurisdiction of the grantee through evidence-based school safety programs that may include one or more of the following:
    (1) Training school personnel and students to prevent student violence against others and self.
    (2) The development and operation of anonymous reporting systems for threats of school violence, including mobile telephone applications, hotlines, and Internet websites.
    (3) The development and operation of—
    (A) school threat assessment and intervention teams that may include coordination with law enforcement agencies and school personnel; and
    (B) specialized training for school officials in responding to mental health crises.
    (4) Any other measure that, in the determination of the BJA Director, may provide a significant improvement in training, threat assessments and reporting, and violence prevention.
    (5) Coordination with local law enforcement.
    (6) Training for local law enforcement officers to prevent student violence against others and self.
    (7) Placement and use of metal detectors, locks, lighting, and other deterrent measures.
    (8) Acquisition and installation of technology for expedited notification of local law enforcement during an emergency.
    (9) Any other measure that, in the determination of the COPS Director, may provide a significant improvement in security.
  • 34 U.S.C. § 10551(c)
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    (c) A State, unit of local government, or Indian tribe may, in using a grant under this subchapter for purposes authorized under subsection (b), use the grant to contract with or make 1 or more subawards to 1 or more—
    (1) local educational agencies;
    (2) nonprofit organizations, excluding schools; or
    (3) units of local government or tribal organizations.
  • 34 U.S.C. § 10552(a)
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    (a) To request a grant under this subchapter, the chief executive of a State, unit of local government, or Indian tribe shall submit an application to the COPS Director or the BJA Director, as the case may be, at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such information as the COPS Director or the BJA Director may require. Each application shall—
    (1) include a detailed explanation of—
    (A) the intended uses of funds provided under the grant; and
    (B) how the activities funded under the grant will meet the purpose of this subchapter;
    (2) be accompanied by an assurance that the application was prepared after consultation with individuals not limited to law enforcement officers (such as school violence researchers, licensed mental health professionals, social workers, teachers, principals, and other school personnel) to ensure that the improvements to be funded under the grant are—
    (A) consistent with a comprehensive approach to preventing school violence; and
    (B) individualized to the needs of each school at which those improvements are to be made;
    (3) include an assurance that the applicant shall maintain and report such data, records, and information (programmatic and financial) as the COPS Director or the BJA Director may reasonably require;
    (4) include a certification, made in a form acceptable to the COPS Director or the BJA Director, as the case may be, that—
    (A) the programs to be funded by the grant meet all the requirements of this subchapter;
    (B) all the information contained in the application is correct; and
    (C) the applicant will comply with all provisions of this subchapter and all other applicable Federal laws.
  • 34 U.S.C. § 10552(b)
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    (b) Not later than 90 days after March 23, 2018, the COPS Director and the BJA Director shall each promulgate guidelines to implement this section (including the information that must be included and the requirements that the States, units of local government, and Indian tribes must meet) in submitting the applications required under this section.

Citations to §10554(4)

  • 34 U.S.C. § 10551(b)
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    (b) Grants awarded under this section shall be distributed directly to the State, unit of local government, or Indian tribe, and shall be used to improve security at schools and on school grounds in the jurisdiction of the grantee through evidence-based school safety programs that may include one or more of the following:
    (1) Training school personnel and students to prevent student violence against others and self.
    (2) The development and operation of anonymous reporting systems for threats of school violence, including mobile telephone applications, hotlines, and Internet websites.
    (3) The development and operation of—
    (A) school threat assessment and intervention teams that may include coordination with law enforcement agencies and school personnel; and
    (B) specialized training for school officials in responding to mental health crises.
    (4) Any other measure that, in the determination of the BJA Director, may provide a significant improvement in training, threat assessments and reporting, and violence prevention.
    (5) Coordination with local law enforcement.
    (6) Training for local law enforcement officers to prevent student violence against others and self.
    (7) Placement and use of metal detectors, locks, lighting, and other deterrent measures.
    (8) Acquisition and installation of technology for expedited notification of local law enforcement during an emergency.
    (9) Any other measure that, in the determination of the COPS Director, may provide a significant improvement in security.
  • 34 U.S.C. § 10551(e)
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    (e) In awarding grants under this subchapter, the COPS Director and the BJA Director shall give preferential consideration, if feasible, to an application from a jurisdiction that has a demonstrated need for improved security, has a demonstrated need for financial assistance, has evidenced the ability to make the improvements for which the grant amounts are sought, and will use evidence-based strategies and programs, such as those identified by the Comprehensive School Safety Initiative of the Department of Justice.

Citations to §10554(5)